She got sentenced 11 years in the UK prison system. The current stash of crypto she stole from 128k people in China is worth approximately $7.3billion.

No one knows what the UK government is going to do with the crypto.

“I had never seen a rabbi before,” Vladimira recalled. “It felt like time stopped. I desperately wanted to go talk to him. I wanted to tell him that I was a Jew too. But I was too afraid.”

https://www.chabad.org/news/article_cdo/aid/7113897/jewish/A-New-Chapter-for-Croatias-Jews.htm

Rio Tinto will mothball its $2.4 billion Jadar lithium project in Serbia.

Despite its potential significance, the project has faced heavy community opposition.

Researchers have confirmed that remains found in a Dominican monastery on Budapest’s Margaret Island belong to Béla, Duke of Macsó (c.1245–1272), a descendant of Hungary’s Árpád and the Rurik dynasties.

Excavated in 1915, the bones showed 26 sword wounds suggesting a violent, coordinated assassination. Long thought lost, the remains were rediscovered in museum collections in 2018.

Genetic testing verified Béla’s royal lineage, linking him to King Béla III and the Rurikid line of Kievan Rus. Radiocarbon and isotopic analyses showed a high-protein diet and childhood spent near modern-day Croatia or Serbia.

Forensic reconstruction confirmed Béla faced multiple attackers wielding sabres and longswords, consistent with historical accounts of his 1272 murder by political rivals. The findings, published in Forensic Science International: Genetics, solve a 700-year-old historical mystery.

Montenegro’s parliament has voted to join NATO’s Security Assistance and Training for Ukraine (NSATU) initiative. The measure passed with 44 votes in favor, five against, and two abstentions.

Under the plan, Montenegrin personnel will train Ukrainian forces only within NATO countries. Defense Minister Dragan Krapović said the move fulfills commitments made at the 2024 NATO Summit in Washington.

Some coalition members, including the Democratic People’s Party, opposed the decision, warning it could strain relations with Russia.

NSATU is one of two Ukraine-related missions Montenegro plans to join, alongside an EU-led initiative.

Lirie Delishi, 25, a mother of three, has become the first woman extradited from Britain to Albania after losing her appeal to remain in the UK. She faces a four-month prison sentence for using a fake Romanian passport in 2019.

Judge John Zani ruled that Britain must not be seen as a “safe haven” for fugitives, rejecting Delishi’s claim that extradition would violate her right to family life under the ECHR.

Delishi, who studied computer engineering and lives in the UK with her partner Edmond and their children, argued that her imprisonment would devastate her family.

She is expected to serve her sentence with her newborn at Pojska women’s prison in western Albania, pending appeal.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni reaffirmed plans to transfer migrants and asylum seekers to Italian-run detention centres in Albania, defying rulings from Italian courts and the EU’s top court.

Under a 2024 deal, Albania agreed to host up to 3,000 migrants at a time in two centres near Shëngjin, where Italy would process asylum claims under its own laws. The plan could handle up to 36,000 people annually.

Rights groups have condemned the scheme as “illegal” and “dehumanising,” and repeated court rulings have blocked deportations, leaving the facilities empty for months.

The European Court of Justice ruled in August that Italy’s list of “safe countries,” including Egypt and Bangladesh, failed to meet EU standards. Despite this, Meloni insists the project will continue, calling it essential to control migration.

After the fatal stabbing of Aleš Šutar in Novo Mesto by a suspected Roma man, Slovenia passed the “Šutar Act”, expanding police powers to search homes and cars without warrants, increase surveillance, and reintroduce automatic number-plate recognition.

Critics say the law unfairly targets the Roma community, but Prime Minister Robert Golob insists it combats “crime, not ethnicity.” Roma leaders and rights advocates warn it risks collective punishment, while officials admit Roma integration remains limited despite years of recommendations.

UEFA WC Qualifiers

Live (1st Half):

🇦🇩 Andorra 0–0 🇦🇱 Albania (29’)
🏴 England 0–0 🇷🇸 Serbia (28’)
🇲🇩 Moldova 0–0 🇮🇹 Italy (28’)

Final Scores:

🇦🇲 Armenia 0–1 🇭🇺 Hungary

FT Results:

🇦🇲 Armenia 0–1 Hungary 🇭🇺
🇦🇩 Andorra 0–1 Albania 🇦🇱
🏴 England 2–0 Serbia 🇷🇸
🇲🇩 Moldova 0–2 Italy 🇮🇹

—I would spend hours studying these maps.

Balkan history is amazing!